Dave’s Gone By #1022 (2/28/2026): FIT TO BE TIED

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Here is episode #1022 of the long-running radio show/video podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning, Feb. 28, 2026.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews actor Jason Carmichael and offers a Rabbinical Reflection of Purim Jokes; Greeley Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Coburn); StoryTime (“The Essential Compendium of Dad Jokes”); Dave Says Bye (Neil Sedaka).

Guests: actor Jason E. Carmichael; spiritual leader Rabbi Sol Solomon

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce: snow
00:18:30 DAVE SAYS BYE: Neil Sedaka
00:36:00 DAVE GOES OFF: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
00:55:30 DAVE GOES FURTHER IN: Art Paul Schlosser’s Art
01:08:00 GREELEY TIMES
01:31:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Jason Carmichael
02:25:00 STORYTIME: The Essential Compendium of Dad Jokes (ed. Thomas Nowak)
02:46:00 Friends of the Daverhood
02:52:00 RABBI SOL SOLOMON’S RABBINICAL REFLECTION #202: Purim Jokes Return
03:02:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED: Coburn, CO
03:04:00 DAVE GOES OUT

Jason Carmichael
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Neil Sedaka
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Dave’s Gone By Interview (2/28/2026): JASON CARMICHAEL & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actor JASON CARMICHAEL 

Topics include: Tied, Howard University, racism, teaching, theater

Segment airs Feb. 28, 2026 as part of episode #1022 of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/video podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

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Dave’s Gone By Interview (1/9/2021): WOODIE KING, JR. & Rabbi Sol Solomon

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Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with director WOODIE KING, JR. 

Topics include: New Federal Theater, off-Broadway, Langston Hughes, Checkmates.

Segment aired Jan. 9, 2021 as part of the “Dave’s Gone By” radio/podcast program hosted by Dave Lefkowitz.

Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Woodie King, Jr., who passed Jan. 29, 2026 at age 88.

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Dave’s Gone By #780 (1/9/2021): GOT WOODIE?

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Here is the 780th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook, Saturday morning Jan. 9, 2021. Info: davesgoneby.com.

Guests: theater director Woodie King, Jr., theater critic David Sheward, Dave’s wife Joyce

Note: Farewell to our Friend of the Daverhood, Woodie King, Jr., who passed Jan. 29, 2026 at age 88.

Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews director Woodie King, Jr.; Greeley Crimes & Old Times; Colorado Limerick of the Damned (Yellow Jacket); Dave Says Bye (Uncle Sonny); Today/Yesterday trivia quiz (Jan. 9).

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce
00:04:00 DAVE SAYS BYE (Uncle Sonny Brower)
00:45:00 INSIDE BROADWAY
00:59:00 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interview Woodie King, Jr.
01:46:00 TODAY/YESTERDAY (Jan. 9 w/ David Sheward)
02:29:00 DAVE GOES OFF (Capitol Chaos and Bravo Biden)
02:40:30 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES
03:03:30 Friends of the Daverhood
03:12:00 COLORADO LIMERICK OF THE DAMNED (Yellow Jacket)
03:15:30 DAVE GOES OUT

Jan. 9, 2021 Playlist: “Wind Beneath My Wings” (00:57:30; Marion Ramsey).

Woodie King, Jr.
David Sheward
Rabbi Sol Solomon
Sandra Eisner and Sonny Brower

Dave’s Gone By #15 (1/12/2003): TO BE YOUNG, GIFTED, & DAVE

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Here is the 15th episode of the long-running radio show/podcast, Dave’s Gone By, which aired on WGBB-AM, Jan. 12, 2003. More info: davesgoneby.com.

host: Dave Lefkowitz

Guest appearance: radio host Joe Salzone

Featuring: For Martin Luther King’s birthday, Dave Gets Poetic on modern black poetry and holidaze; salutes Shooby Taylor and offers the satirical News Gone By. Plus: the Cleola Bevers & MLK skit.

00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN
00:13:00 NEWS GONE BY
00:26:00 Tribute to Shooby Taylor
00:39:00 SKIT: Cleola Bevers & MLK
00:50:00 DAVE GOES POETIC on Modern Black Poetry
01:07:00 DAVE GOES OFF – Holidaze
01:13:00 DAVE GOES OUT

January 12, 2003 Playlist: “MLK” & “Pride (in the Name of Love)” U2, “Freedom” Richie Havens (11:00), “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” (William “Shooby” Taylor), “I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing, Just Open Up the Door…” (James Brown), “By the Time I Get to Arizona” (Public Enemy), “Ol’ Man River” (Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, 73:00).

Shooby Taylor
MLK
Amiri Baraka
Joe Salzone
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